Laid-Off Man Shoots Three Co-Workers at Office (Silicon Valley)

[Newsjock]

Source: NBC Bay Area

Santa Clara police said Friday that a man who had just been laid off from his workplace had shot and killed three of his co-workers.

Police said that Jing Wu, 47, of Mountain View, shot and killed one woman and two men inside the office building. Police had not identified where the four people worked.

Detectives said the shooter was described by witnesses as an Asian man. Officers said they believed the man to be on the loose, and no longer in the building. Several police vehicles were on the scene.

Read more: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Santa-Clara-Work-Place-Shooting-Leaves-Three-Dead.html

[Ilsa]

1. Oh no. This is horrible. And I guess we can expect to see more

reports of tragedies like this as more people are laid off. Employees, when laid off, need assistance so they don't become hopeless and desperate, or angry at the wrong people.

[amdezurik]

2. sadly more of this is bound to happen

over-stressed by taking on the work of others already laid off then to be dumped yourself, more will happen...

[liberalmuse]

3. Nice.

We are due for layoffs on Tuesday. I've noticed the magazines in the cafeteria which where donated by some fucking gun nut (S.W.A.T.). So I think if this person is laid off and is able to gain access, we are basically toast. Me, especially, since I am right by the entrance.

[8 track mind]

12. oh geeze

please be careful

[Jim Sagle]

4. Sign of the times?

;(

[lib2DaBone]

5. Wait until Republicans get laid off.. suddenly it will be a Depression...

[ladywnch]

8. when I was about 22 (the Regan years) my father explained the difference

between recession and depression:

'when you neighbor is out of work it is a recession. when YOU are out of work, THAT is depression.' ( he was being clever)

I think most republicans look at it the same way as a reality.

[PfcHammer]

11. "Falling Down"

[sarcasmo]

20. I thought that was a really good movie.

[bluesmail]

6. It used to be known as Going Postal. n/t

[Ian David]

7. That's just stupid. I bet the CEO didn't even get a scratch. n/t

[TomInTib]

9. With blathering idiocy such as this, I am thrilled to be on your Ignore list.

CEOs don't lay off anyone.

In the real world (which you are so obviously disassociated - management handles that sort of thing) things are handled differently

[w4rma]

10. CEOs don't directly lay off folks when the business is large enough. (nt)

[bean fidhleir]

18. You're right - managers do the shooting. CEOs "merely" say how many they must shoot.

And sometimes the manager who has to deliver the bad news is not even involved in the choosing.

[Newsjock]

14. I probably shouldn't even mention this now, but ...

... Police have just identified the company CEO as one of the victims.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/MNC51451UE.DTL&tsp=1

... In an interview not long after the shooting, Asha Agrawal, wife of SiPort CEO Sid Agrawal, said she hadn't been able to reach her husband and was trying to find out if he was safe.

"My friend is waiting there, but he cannot find out anything," she said.

Police identified Sid Agrawal as one of the victims at about 9:30 p.m. They did not immediately release the names of the other two victims, saying they are still trying to reach next of kin.

[xchrom]

13. recommend

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

15. So it goes.

Methinks it's going to get much worse before it starts to get better.

[fasttense]

16. Guns don't kill people, Republicon Great Depressions kill people. n/t

[USA_1]

21. That's the Undisputed Truth

Higher murder and suicide rates. All thanks to Bush and RepuliCON economics.

[whathappened]

17. dam shame

we have got so many peoples backs agaist the wall trying to keep what they got well working , and now when they lose there jobs , where do they turn to , everything that use to help has been gutted from our goverment , both local , state and federal

[Newsjock]

19. Suspect arrested

http://cbs5.com/local/office.park.shootings.2.865506.html

SANTA CLARA (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― Santa Clara authorities are confirming that the suspect in a triple-murder at a Silicon Valley high-tech firm has been arrested.

Police arrested 47-year old Jing Hua Wu in Mountain View, at the intersection of El Camino Boulevard and Grant Street. He was booked on three counts of homicide.

Wu had been let go this week from his job as a product test engineer at SiPort Inc. The company develops radio semiconductors has been arrested. It is not know whether he was laid off or fired.